1. Question

When answering the essential question, consider the following: What careers are available in the mass communication field? How do I find a career that suits my skills and talents?

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How can you evaluate your talents and skills in order to determine which mass communication career choice suits you

best?

Careers in Communication

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2. Information Sources

You will use the following resources to gather information about mass communication careers.

What is mass communication? Examples of mass communication careers Videos of mass communication careers Communications, Broadcasting and Journalism

Task 1 :The type of job you will want to pursue should be one that matches your talents and skills. View these sites to begin thinking about what skills and talents you could bring to a mass communication career. Childhood Interests Can Help You Find the Right Career Answer 10 Questions and Discover Your Future

Take a Survey

Complete Activity 1 : Create a Wordle to identify the skills and talentsthat are needed in order to be successful in a masscommunication career.

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3. Student Activity

Task 2:You will use the following resources

to conduct research on your selected career.

• Top 10 Careers in Communications

• What Do You Like?• Job Planning

Complete Activity 2: Career Analysis

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4. Assessment Activity

Use the information you have learned about

careers in mass communication and your own

personal skills and talents to respond to the

essential question.

How can you evaluate your talents and skills in order to

determine which communication career choice suits you best?

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Create a presentation that demonstrates your knowledge of a specific career in mass communication, the skills it requires, and how your talents and interests match those requirements. Rubric for scoring here.

Presentation options can include: Power Point or Prezi Multimedia-video such as Animoto *or podcast such as Voice Thread*. Write a narrative of a “Day in the Life” using a specific career.Use MS Publisher to: Create a Help Wanted Ad Create an Infographic

Examples of Infographics

Good Infographics Infographic Archives

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5. Enrichment Activities

You may have someone in your family or a friend of your family who works in the mass communication field. Interview that person to find out:

• What kind of education they received?

• What special talents or skills they have developed?

• What the job market is like for their career?

• What the pros and cons are of this career choice?

If you don’t have access to someone to interview, research a person who has made their mark in the mass communication field using the same questions.

Profiles of PracticeFamous People

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6. Teacher Support MaterialsBCPS Curriculum:Students will conduct internet research on a career in the communication field in order to create a presentation about a communication occupation.Maryland State Curriculum:

Standard 1: Self-Awareness: Students shall acquire and apply self-knowledge in order to develop personal, learning and career goals.

Standard 2: Career Awareness: Students will use the Maryland Career Clusters and Pathways in order to understand their relationship to educational achievement and lifelong learning.

Common Core State Standards SL2 CCR Anchor Standard: Integrate and evaluate information presented in

diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. SL5 CCR Anchor Standard: Make strategic use of digital media and visual

displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.

W7 CCR Anchor Standard: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

W9 CCR Anchor Standard: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Standards for the 21st Century Learner 1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g. textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.2.1.3 Use strategies to draw conclusions from information and apply knowledge to curricular areas, real-world situations, and further investigations.

Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students Standard 3.0: Technology for Learning and Collaboration: Use a variety of

technologies for learning and collaboration. Standard 5.0: Technology for Information Use and Management: Use

technology to locate, evaluate, gather, and organize information and data.

Time Frame: 2 days

Differentiation: Direct students to use comprehension tools

included in databases, such as: audio read-aloud, labeled reading levels, and embedded dictionaries.

Learning Styles: Field Dependent/Independent, visual,

auditory, tactile, reflective, global, sequential

Notes to the teacher:See your library media specialist for assistance with Voice thread and Animoto.Teacher must screen the YouTube movies or have the students view them at home

Last updated: July 2015Created by Sarah Booth-Neades, Jennifer Contino, Sheila Beyer,

Linda Brown linked to email address, Library Media SpecialistBCPS Slam Dunk Research Model, Copyright 2012, Baltimore

County Public Schools, MD, all rights reserved. The models may be used for educational, non-profit school use only.

All other uses, transmissions, and duplications are prohibited unless permission is granted expressly. This lesson is based on

Jamie McKenzie’s Slam Dunk Lesson module

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